Playing much better defense and forcing turnovers is the reason the Knicks are winning. How far they get depends on if Stoudemire and Lin can make it back and how they adapt.

regardless of how they adapt, just having them back disrupts the team. it's inevitable and each player on the team will have to adjust with getting less/more minutes and looking for stoudemire more. there's gonna be a couple games where it might be rough. it happened when melo came back and it's gonna happen with stoudemire and lin coming back. hopefully everyone can be more integrated and on the same page come the first round. if only the knicks could have stayed healthier to provide a more accurate understanding of this team with its best five out there.

The Heat and Knicks should pick up on what the Thunder do with Harden to be more effecient with their core 3. Wade and Bosh on when Lebron takes breathers and sub in another unit with Lebron as the go to. Ive been saying it all year that the most effective way to get the most from your three stars is to have packages or units that splits them up often times. This only works if two of those guys is able to run point. Westbrook/Harden, Wade/Lebron all capable. Melo can also dictate the offense most of the time in a halfcourt. We'll see more of this in the playoffs where coaches will milk everything they can from their stars. Indiana has mastered this although they dont have three "stars", they rotate their lineups with threats on the floor at all times tiring Ds out.

The Heat and Knicks should pick up on what the Thunder do with Harden to be more effecient with their core 3. Wade and Bosh on when Lebron takes breathers and sub in another unit with Lebron as the go to. Ive been saying it all year that the most effective way to get the most from your three stars is to have packages or units that splits them up often times. This only works if two of those guys is able to run point. Westbrook/Harden, Wade/Lebron all capable. Melo can also dictate the offense most of the time in a halfcourt. We'll see more of this in the playoffs where coaches will milk everything they can from their stars. Indiana has mastered this although they dont have three "stars", they rotate their lineups with threats on the floor at all times tiring Ds out.

But I guess it really simply boils down to depth. Shrug.

In a normal season I totally agree that the Knicks should have Amar'e on the court at any time that either Chandler or Melo are not, but with how new the team was and the crazy schedule, letting guys grow into separate units made a lot of sense.

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The Heat already do that. Wade comes out about halfway through the first quarter with LeBron playing the whole first. Then Wade comes in in the 2nd and LeBron sits. When all 3 play LeBron is usually the only one of the big 3 on the floor by himself, and even that doesn't happen too often. When Wade plays either him or LeBron are almost always on the court.

I really like Tyrus when the Bulls drafted him, was dissapointed that he didn't reach his potential, and was sad when he was dealt. Now as if things weren't already at Rock Bottom in Charlotte aparently Paul Silas is beating players asses.

That 2016 unprotected pick from Charlotte that the Bulls have is looking quite promising as of now.